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US4356929A
US4356929A US06/226,789 US22678981A US4356929A US 4356929 A US4356929 A US 4356929A US 22678981 A US22678981 A US 22678981A US 4356929 A US4356929 A US 4356929A
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Helmut Muller-Kuhn
Gunter Scharren
Wilfried Kohlmeier
Michael Grillo
Jurgen Rost
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/50—Non-integral frangible members applied to, or inserted in, preformed openings, e.g. tearable strips or plastic plugs
    • B65D17/506—Rigid or semi-rigid members, e.g. plugs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0013—Action for opening container pull-out tear panel, e.g. by means of a tear-tab
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/002—Unusual opening actions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/0038—Reclosable openings the plug being reinsertable into the opening

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  • the present invention relates to a pop-top lid with a preformed opening which serves for dispensing of the contents, is located in the lid level or plane, and is provided with essentially parallel side edges; the lid also includes a closure part which is provided with a grip part or tab and is slidably guided along the side edges of the pre-formed opening.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,856,184 discloses a pop-top lid according to which the lid or cover plate is deformed by bending and folding to a groove-shaped guide at the side edges of an off-center or eccentrically arranged dispensing opening; in the guide the sliding part of an opening tab is guided, with the tab being embodied as a double lever, grip portion being provided with a press-in projection.
  • the cover plate or lid of the known lid is raised somewhat upwardly at one end of the dispensing opening in order to limit the position of the opening tab in one direction.
  • a separate auxiliary opening is first pushed open inwardly by the press-in projection of the grip part, along the edge of which resulting from the pushing-open, the short lever end of the grip part can be supported when the opening tab is to be moved in the guide formed by the lid.
  • the opening tab is enclosed along the longitudinal sides of the dispensing opening by the grooved guide, whereas in contrast at the ends of the dispensing opening the opening tab at any given time lies against the cover plate below or above, so that special measures are required after the mechanical working of the lid in order to seal it at these locations, especially for contents under pressure or in a vacuum.
  • the previously known lid is further burdened with the disadvantage that the container cannot be closed again, so that the contents can come out through the separate auxiliary opening of the pop-top lid if the container is tilted or tipped over.
  • a pop-top lid is furthermore disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 3,200,986, and has a pre-formed circular opening in the lid plane or level, and a corresponding closure part of elastic material.
  • the closure part has a peripheral groove which surrounds the edge of the preformed opening when the can or container is closed.
  • the closure part can be inserted in the lid and can be removed therefrom again.
  • This known lid is burdened with the disadvantage that the closure part, when the can or container is opened, represents a separate part which is thrown away without thinking, increasing the environmental contamination, and which, if inadvertantly misplaced, makes it impossible to reclose the can or container.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section of a portion of one embodiment of a pop-top lid with a closure element according to the teaching of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the closure element of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the pre-formed opening in the lid level or plane of the pop-top lid
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the closure element at the beginning of the opening procedure
  • FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal section taken along the line V--V in FIG. 2 showing the pop-top lid in the open condition;
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the base surface of the closure part from below with a flange along the peripheral groove embodied uniformly along the side edges;
  • FIG. 7 shows the base surface of the closure part from below with a flange on, and changing continuously along, the periphery
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the pre-formed opening in the lid or cover plate, and of the closure element sectioned at the level of the peripheral groove;
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view of the closure element with a bent or flipped-over tab or grip
  • FIG. 10 is a cross section of the closure element of FIG. 9 directly before opening thereof;
  • FIG. 11 is a plan view of a closure element with a bent or flipped-over tab or grip which is provided with an extension;
  • FIG. 12 is a cross section of the closure element of FIG. 11 during opening thereof.
  • the pop-top lid of the present invention is characterized primarily in that the closure part is provided with an uninterrupted peripheral groove which corresponds to the shape of the pre-formed opening, and in that an abutment is provided for limiting the slide path of the closure part.
  • the peripheral groove may have a depth in the region connected with the grip part which is reduced relative to the remaining periphery.
  • the peripheral groove may be formed by a flange and auxiliary tear in score lines which are directed away from the periphery may be provided in that region of the pre-formed opening adjacent the connection between the closure part and the grip part.
  • a pop-top lid with these features facilitates the initial opening by lifting of that region of the closure part connected with the grip part.
  • the auxiliary tear line respectively closest to a given parallel side edge is arranged first perpendicular and then parallel to that side edge.
  • the closure part with that part of the flange arranged in the region of the reduced depth of the peripheral groove, can be lifted from the lid by deforming the corresponding edge of the pre-formed opening for starting the opening process.
  • an abutment may be provided on the closure part.
  • the closure part in its base surface, may be provided with an indentation which forms this abutment and has an abutment surface directed toward the point of connection location between the closure part and the grip part.
  • the grip part may be embodied as a dual-arm lever and may be arranged, in the starting position, over the closure part, and may be connected with the closure part by a bendable region; in addition, the lid may be provided with an elevated, transversely arranged, bead or ridge.
  • the handle part may in its starting position, also have a transversely arranged, elevated ridge which, during bending or flipping-over of the grip part toward the lid, comes into engagement against the likewise transversely arranged ridge in the lid.
  • the shorter lever arm of the grip part may project beyond the bendable region and, after the grip part has been flipped-over from the starting position, may be supported against the ridge arranged in the lid.
  • the lid 1 is provided with a stamped-out opening 3 embodied with two essentially parallel side edges 2, and two semi-circular ends 4, 5.
  • the opening 3 represents the pouring-out or dispensing opening.
  • Short auxiliary tear or score lines 6 are arranged at end 5 and extend radially from the edge of the opening.
  • auxiliary tear or score lines 6a are respectively connected with auxiliary tear or score lines 7 which extend parallel to the side edges 2.
  • Respective tongues 8 are defined or formed by the auxiliary tear lines 6a and 7, and the side edges 2.
  • the opening 3 is closed by a closure part 9 of a closure element 10.
  • the closure part 9 engages the edge 12 of the lid 1 with a planar ring-shaped or annular surface part 11.
  • the annular surface part 11 merges inwardly and downwardly into an annular part having an S-shaped cross section, the upper segment 13 of which forms an outwardly open peripheral groove 14 which surrounds the edge 12 of the opening 3, and the lower segment of which is embodied as a flange 15 and represents the transition from the peripheral groove 14 into the base surface 16 of the closure part 9.
  • the lid 1 is advantageously rigidly clamped between the flange 15 and the planar surface part 11.
  • the underside of the finished pop-top lid with a non-illustrated film comprising a sealing mass, such as plastisol.
  • a sealing mass such as plastisol.
  • the underside of the surface part 11 or the edge 12 of the opening 3 can also be provided with a rubber-like coating.
  • the planar annular surface part 11 merges into a further elevated surface 17 which has a border flange 18 along its edge, and is connected in one direction with a tab or grip portion 19.
  • the tab 19 is embodied as a ring in the present embodiment.
  • the depth t 1 of the peripheral groove 14 is relatively small, and in any event is smaller than the depth t or t a at the remaining locations of the peripheral groove.
  • the depth t increases from the smallest value t 1 as far as to the parallel side edges 2, from where on the peripheral groove 14 formed by the flange 15 has a uniform depth t a (see FIG. 6). It is, however, also possible for the depth to continuously increase from its smallest value t 1 to the value t a on the opposite side, so that for the depth t at any given location of the peripheral groove 14 of the closure parts 9, the following equation is applicable: t a >t>t 1 (see FIG. 7).
  • a depression or indentation 20 exists in the base surface 16 of the closure part 9, and has an abutment or stop surface 21 which is directed toward the point of connection between the closure part 9 and the tab 19.
  • the indentation can also be cylindrical.
  • the opening 3 can be opened by lifting the closure part 9 with the flange 15 over the lid 1 at the side thereof connected with the tab 19 (FIG. 4).
  • the peripheral groove 14 at this location has the smallest depth t 1 .
  • the auxiliary tear lines 6, 6a permit a spreading and rising along the edge of the opening 3 of those surface parts 22 of the lid 1 located therebetween. After lifting the closure part 9, it is pulled or drawn in the longitudinal direction of the opening 3, in which connection the parallel sides of the preipheral groove 14 slide along the parallel side edges 2 of the opening 3.
  • the tongue 8 formed by the auxiliary tear lines 6a and 7 yields during the opening prodedure and makes it possible for the flange 15, which forms the peripheral groove 14, to pass upwardly from beneath the lid 1.
  • the abutment surface 21 limits the path of the closure element 10 when it strikes or abuts against the edge of the end 5 of the opening 3, and thus precludes that the closure element 9 is separated from the lid.
  • a venting opening is provided at the location designated with the reference numeral 23, which proves advantageous, for instance during pouring-out of the contents through the free cross section of the opening 3.
  • the closure element 10 can be pushed back again after the opening. Consequently, an at least provisional reclosure can be obtained.
  • connection between the closure part 9 and the tab 19 can advantageously also be formed by a bendable region 24 of the surface part 11 or of the further surface 17.
  • the bendable region 24 extends over the entire width of the closure element 10.
  • the border flange 18 is interrupted for this purpose in the bendable region 24.
  • the lid plane or surface is provided with an elevated transversely arranged bead or ridge 25 in the lid 1 in the vicinity of the end 5.
  • the tab 19, which in its starting position essentially engages the closure part 9, likewise has a ridge 26 in its surface 17'.
  • both ridges 26, 25 come against one another (see FIG. 10).
  • the engagement point of the two ridges represents a pivot or turning point for the tab 19 enbodied as a dual-arm lever in relation to the turning point.
  • the articulated or flexible connection between the closure part 9 and the tab 19 exist over only a part of the width of the closure element 10 in the middle.
  • the tab 19 has an extension 27 which represents the shorter lever arm of the dual-arm lever tab 19.
  • the extension 27 engages the bead or ridge 25 arranged in the lid 1, so that not only the lifting of the closure part 10 out of the opening 3 is assured, but also the initial sliding of the closure part 9 along the edges 2 of the opening 3 is facilitated.
  • the sliding of the closure part 10 can be still further facilitated thereby that the spacing f between the parallel side edges 2 and the base of the peripheral groove 14 increases as viewed from the point of connection between the closure part 9 and the tab 19 (see FIG. 8). Increase of this spacing f can advantageously take place along 1 mm to 100 mm side length.

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